Kevin Hart’s Gran Coramino Tequila Teams Up with LISC for New Round of Grants to Fuel Growth for Black and Latinx Entrepreneurs

Being a successful entrepreneur is hard if you can’t dream big. That’s why LISC, Gran Coramino and Kevin Hart are teaming up again to offer $10,000 grants to help fuel small business growth for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs who face systemic obstacles to accessing capital.

The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC Award $1.275 Million to Upgrade Under-Resourced Community Sporting Spaces in 14 Cities and Towns

Every community deserves safe, quality sports facilities where youth and their families can play and socialize. Thanks to the Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative, a partnership of LISC and The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation, under-resourced neighborhoods in 14 cities and towns now have funding to improve their local youth sports facilities.

The Housing Challenges of Home-Based Child Care Providers

Family child care (FCC) or family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) educators and caregivers are often the most convenient option for many households, but rising housing costs are exacerbating financial hardship and survival for the critical workforce. In the blog that follows, the LISC Child Care & Early Learning team shares some of the immediate challenges for the child care workforce, particularly FCC and FFN, LISC resources that help to address some of these issues, and a spotlight on LISC Milwaukee as they develop affordable housing for educators in proximity to childcare centers throughout the city.